Horse-boot



(No Model.)

P. J. 82: F. L. SOHILD.

HORSE BOOT.

No. 388,313. Patented Aug. 21, 1888.v

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CHARLES C. SCHILD, PETER J. SOHILD, AND FRANK L. SGHILD, OF IONIA,MICHIGAN.

HORSE-BOOT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 388,313, dated August21, 1888.

Application filed April 14, 1888. Serial No. 270,679.

To aZZ whom it may concern-.-

Be it known that we, CHARLES C. SOHILD, PETER J. Serum), and FRANK L.Scrum), citizens of the United States, residing at Ionia, in the countyof Ioniaand State of Michigan, have invented new and usefulImprovementsin Goverings for the Hoofs of Horses, of which the followingis a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in coverings for the hoofs ofhorses, used when softening the feet by means of water; and it consistsin the construction and novel combination of parts, hereinafterdescribed, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out inthe claims hereto appended.

Figure 1 of the drawings represents a perspective-view of ahoof-covering embodying the invention. Fig. 2 represents a reversed planof the covering with the heel-pad turned to one side. Fig. 3 representsa rear view of the complete device. Fig. 4 represents a cen tralvertical longitudinal section of the same. Fig. 5 is a side elevation.

Referring to the drawings by letter, A designates a metallic casinghaving the shape of the outside of a horses hoof and sufficiently largerthan the same. The rear a of said casing is open, and its upper andlower edges, a a respectively, are re-enforced by bending them outwardupon themselves, the lower edge being also strengthened by the insertionof the wire B in the fold of metal (L The casing is provided with aseries of openings, O 0, adjacent to its upper edge, a second series, D,adjacent to its lower edge, and a third series, E, midway between theformer two, which three series extend from end to end of the casing. Thecasing is preferably of galvanized iron.

F is a lining of sponge secured to the inner surface of the casing bythe thread f, which is stitched through openings 0, D, and E, andthrough the sponge and drawn tight.

G is a pad composed of the leather backing, H, and the sponge lining h,stitched to the leather by the thread h, passing through proper openingsin the leather. The said backing has its upper part, 5 made concave tofit against the rear outer surface of the heel of the hoof, and isprovided with the flat projeetion 9, extending frontward at right angles(No model.)

from the lower edge of said upper part, which, with the projection g, iskept in shape by the bent looped wire I, held between the two layers ofleather forming the backing by the rivets i i.

J J are vertical leather loops, riveted or otherwise secured to the rearsurface of the vertical part 9 of the pad, near the opposite edgesthereof, and K is a strap passing through said loops. One end of thestrap K is secured to the casing A by means of the rivets k, that passthrough the two openings E adjacent to the corresponding end opening ofthe middle series in the casing.

The opposite end of the strap is provided with a series oftongue-openings, in order to engage the buckle L, the strap Z of whichis secured by rivets Z to the two openings E, adjacent to the oppositeend opening of the middle series.

M M are wires that extend from the point of the projection g to thefront portion of the lower edge or casing, where they are secured torings or straps m, as shown. The device, when buckled upon a horseshoof, will retain water a long time, so that the foot therein can bethoroughly soaked and softened.

\Ve do not wish to be limited to the material to be used in constructingthe foot-covering. In some instances the metallic casing may itself becovered with leather.

Having described our invention, we claim- 1. A covering for horseshoofs, comprising a sponge-lined casing having the shape of the hoof,and a sponge-lined pad made separate from the casing but connectedthereto, the said pad comprising a vertical portion, 9, an integralhorizontal portion, 9, and a wire, 1, arranged in said vertical andhorizontal portions to maintain the shape of the pad, as set forth.

2. A covering for horses hoofs, comprising the metallic casing A, havingthe shape of a horses hoof and sufficiently larger than the same,whereby it may be lined with sponge and the sponge lining stitched tothe inside of the casing, said casing being made of a single piece andentirely covering the front and sides of the hoof, and the sponge-linedleather pad G, entirely separate from the metallic casing and coveringthe rear and bottom of the hoof,

said pad having the sponge lining stitched thereto and comprising thepart g, concaved to fit against the rear outer part of the heel of thehoof, and the flat projection g, integral with the party and extended atan angle thereto and fitting under the frog of the hoof, and the strapK, connecting the pad Gto the spongelined casing, as set forth.

3. A covering for horses hoofs, comprising the metallic casing A, havingthe shape of a horses hoof and sufficiently larger than the same,whereby it may be lined with sponge and the sponge lining stitched tothe inside of the casing, said casing being made of a single piece andentirely covering the front and sides of the hoof, and the sponge-linedleather pad G, entirely separate from the metallic casing and coveringthe rear and bottom of the hoof, said pad having the sponge liningstitched thereto and comprising the part 9, concaved to fit against therear outer part of the heel of the hoof, and the flat projection g,integral with the party and extended at an angle thereto and fittingunder the frog of the hoof, and the strap K,connecting the pad G to thesponge lined casing by having one end connected to one side of thecasing, then passing through loops attached to the pad and having itsother end adj ustably connected to the outer side of the casing by abuckle, and a wire, I, inclosed within the pad G to maintain the shapethereof.

4. The combination of the casing A, provided with the three series ofopenings 0, D, and E, having its upper edge bent over outwardly onitself at a, and its lower edge bent over outwardly on itself at a andre-enforced by the wire 13, and the heel-pad consisting of a leatherbacking and sponge lining attached to the rear of the casing between theends thereof, substantially as specified.

5. The combination of the casing A, having the openings 0, D, and E, thesponge lining F, the leather backing having the concave upper part, 9,and the lower flat projection, g, kept in form by the wire I and rivets11. the sponge lining h, the loops J, the strap K, secured by rivets 70k to the casing, the buckle L, strap Z, and wires M, substantially asspecified.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we have heretoaffixed our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

' CHARLES C. SOHILD.

PETER J. SOHILD. FRANK L.- SCHILD. Witnesses:

ARCH. ANDERSON, GUSTAV NEUMANN.

